Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-21

the children that ever blessed II mother,
those children had the poorest parents II
YOU haven't felt that in your heart Of hearts,
YOU are better parents than my wife and
have ever been. | couldn't place my hand
ON my little Paul's head and say this boy
will never die a drunkard. | preached pro
hhition and temperance in my own state
until 1913 counties out of the 49, have ban
ished liquor from their midst When liquor
was sold in my own town ] said Fellow
cuuntrymen, you are licensed to sell IL, you
have a right to sell il, but if my little boy
ever comes TO you for drink take him into
your back yard and chop his head off rather
than give it TO him"
God have mercy upon us And put
them ON notice two years ago: Sell out
what YOU have on hand fix up to emigrate
we will have no more whiskey sold after
January next here in our county And,
thank God. while they have pressed their
claims. we have beaten them every time
and when they tried to sell illicitly we put
them in the chain gang and penitentiary.
And the liquor men put dynamite on my
premises and blew up one of the Outhouses,
and said secretly ON the street, 50 ! could
hear it Unless he holds up we will put
the dynamite under his wife and children
and blow them into eternity
Invent home and said, wife, they threat
en- YOU: what do you say = And my wife
went back in her mind to II years before
when her home was made desolate by a
drunken husband and she exclaimed, De
nuuuce it Denounce it ~ And did for if
have got togoto heaven had just as leave
20 10y the dynamite route as by any other.
In the city Of Des Moines, la, today, there
are 100 liquor saloons open III violation of
the law and the same power that is crush
ing out law and running over that city to
day is the power that will set the cummun-
istic torch tn your homes and burn this
country up some day. Now, you mark
what say. People that will trample un-
der foot one law will soon do so 10 all laws
aud if wanted TO muster an army that
the devil himself wouldn't let into pande
monium, unless they came one at time
and unaiIned. ! would be at the long roll in
the bar rooms every time.
Now, / am not here to shout ! think IA
man had better tie down his safety valve
until he moves the train at least. But am
| here in the interests of every woman in
| this city and every child in it. Every gided
/ sign ON every saloon is an eternal insult to
/ every mother and child. The statute law
/ that YOU have upon your books and which
| YOU don't enforce. is the beginning of anar-
| chy, and the statute law that you can en-
/ force is communism itself Take that home
with you. am no fool
| can see some things All, my brother,
when look out ON this land Of ours that
might be 50 beautiful and good, and then
hear preacher spend his time talking
about "heavenly recognition aud what We
will have beyond the grave, say Pitch in
and have a little heaven down here Here
ia
enlv recognition Well what 10 | care
about that brother want earthly recog
/ milton After get To heaven and sit down
under the tree of life with my golden harp
in my hand, il YOU don't want to recognize
me then | don't care II cent. let us quit
singing In the Sweet BY and By and sing
"a little hit al,out the sweet nuW aud now for
"A few weeks That is my doctrine. If you
will put Yourself square upon the ten com
mandments aud the sermon on the mount,
YOU won't have 10 20 10 heaven. God will
extend the streets of Boston right out and
up. and YOU will lust be incorporated IA
part of the golden city. and be suburb
don't YOU See Let Us live ~ heaven will
come down tu Us, instead of our going up
Spiritual gravity is as true as physical gray
ity.
More than u year agu, when Nashville of
fered me an elegant home, built and fur
nished in that city, If | would move there
| said to wife: Wife they offer this
what do YOU say Z" And she said is il
best for our children ! fear it is not bes
for rs to leave our little country home.
And | said would live in howell ON brea,
if it would benefit my family, and ! tol,
the kind gentleman who made the offer
'Nuu must excuse me wife don't think j
T.. 6, IA l.
You shall have comfortable home wher,
YOU are" BY their kindness it was given
Wife said that God had given US this home
and proposed that we give it back To God
50 on the 25th day Of December "a larg,
gathering met there and our home was ded
icated u God. Not because | am good, o
because my wife IL good, ar because tn
children are good, hut because God is good
And will tell YOU how thought about 1t
With IA house dedicated to God, ! said 10 my
self the children will not do anything her
that they would not do at church. Nobod!
will bring a deck Of cards or ask me L
have dance here And, brother, if ever
prufessed Christian of Boston would =
home on the next Sabbath and dedicate hi
house Ia God, what revolution you woul'
have here in Boston Oh, my brother, you
wife would not know your home if it wer
turned into a Christian home, where God /
loved and honored Say TO yourselves, 81
there is but one family from Boston to &
10 heaven. by the grace of God it shall 10
= my family
We want home piety, Every fellows IT
ligioD is at the meeting house and If ma
gets religion down town he runs right +
church with it, Wife wakes up in the mid
die of the night with her religious notion i
L. -. 4 Il. hot 20 a
with it, The churches are all closed.
great many people don't have any religion
notions except ON Sunday and ! was abOu
,, to say, ON Sunday evening but hear tina
religion is n scarce commodity ON Sunda
night in this town.
like liberal man. I'd rather be an oil
generous sinner than IA stingy Methodist
mean what say. have got some sympa
thy for that preacher down south, Their
was a generous old fellow who was not
member of his congregation, hut gave larg
sums of money when called upon. One da
the old man went to the minister and saiC
Il want TO Join the church ON Sunday.
i "Oh, no, was the reply; II don't wal
: you 10 join that crowd up there in thf
church il IL awful stingy, and am afrai
4 if you were to Join il you would become I'll
: same, and would rather that you woul
stay out like generous mana ma
that gives for God and for humanity
back -slidden member Of certain Churc
said to the pastor on the street, You preacl
. ed grand sermon ON heaven yesterday
: can you tell me where it is = We'll, WI
/ the, reply, there is Il poor woman of ou
: church up there and she is sick in bed, an
her two little children are there without al
10 flour or sugar, or coffee or coal, or anythin
u ] Il. ht.t Of MI
! provisions and 90 up there with them you
u self. aud speak words of comfort to he
1 and read the Bible and pray with her,
i YOU don't see heaven before see you aga
= in foot the bills The next day the san
' man met the clergyman, Phe former ha
his face all aglow, and he exclaimed, 81 d
= Just as you told ne and | spent 10 minute
y in heaven Yesterday That is the sort
=, religion that believe in. You don't kno
y what religion is il you don't know any mo-
u about il than what you learn in reviV
meetings If you had in this church al
" this community men who would give the
all tn God you would not find church
y any society in debt When you are ask,
q for $1,000 in aid of foreign missions, "
y immediately eNolaim that you haven't /
:. then you go down town and make out
II so, 900 check for a lot Of land Well, G'
< will put you in hell for lying, old fello'
n You will be freed as liar, and they are d
II lowest-down stock that God ever let live
II Now, brethren | have kept you alreac
~ about an hour and ten minutes. ! want
" see how many people in this house will stai
) up and say, II will pray to God and
what | can to push this work along to g
II good for myself or someone else,
, Abort two thirds of the vast audien
~ arose in response to the invitation.
That is good, Come tomorrow night al
,e noon. if YOU will and may the blessings
Al almighty God abide with you now and f
l. ever Amen.